[Cfp-interest] DFP: *_TRUE_MIN

[Jim Thomas]

Fred,

I'll assume you've added this to your list of proposed changes for the decimal FP spec.

-Jim

On Feb 6, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Fred J. Tydeman wrote:

> C11 adopted
>  FLT_TRUE_MIN
>  DBL_TRUE_MIN
> LDBL_TRUE_MIN
> as the names of the smallest subnormal number.
> The name changed as C1x was being done.
> 
> The DFP Tech Report currently has:
>  DEC32_SUBNORMAL_MIN
>  DEC62_SUBNORMAL_MIN
> DEC128_SUBNORMAL_MIN
> which matches the pattern of an early C1x proposal.
> 
> I believe that the DFP names should change to 
> match C11.  So,  SUBNORMAL should be TRUE.
> 
> 
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